Weather-strip



PATENTEDFEB. 16, 1904.

I G. L. PARKER. WEATHER STRIP.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1903.

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UNITED STATES.

Patented February 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE L. PARKER, OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOCHARLES H. GAFFNER, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,355, dated February16, 1904;.

Application filed Eweptember 30, 1903. Serial No. 175,147. (No model.)

To all whom it nearly concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. PARKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bremerton, in the county of Kitsap and State of Washington,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather-Strips, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being bad therein tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to weather-strips, and particularly to theapplication of such devices upon doors.

The object of the invention is to provide an efficient device of thischaracter of simple and inexpensive construction, which will be raisedclear of the floor when the door to which it is applied is opened andpressed down upon the door-sill into operative position coincident withthe closing of the door.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel construction andcombination of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed outin the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of myinvention, and wherein similar letters designate corresponding parts inthe several views, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a weather-stripembodying my invention, which is shown secured in place upon a door withthe front of the containing-case thereof removed. Fig. 2 is aperspectiveview of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged verticalsections taken on line as w of Fig. 1 and showing, respectively, thepart-s in operative and'inoperative positions.

The letter a designates a base-plate adapted to be fixedly secured, asby screws 72, to the bottom rail D of a door and having at itsextremities rectangular bends c c, which provide ends for acontaining-case, to which the front or shield portion 0? thereof issecured by screws engaging in apertures e, and which is likewisefastened directly to the door by screws, such as f.

g is a plate slidably secured against the said base-plate by screws h,passed through vertically-arranged slots h therein, and having along itslower edge a resilient gasket 2', made, preferably, of rubber tubing.

iris a rod supported in a plurality of brackets Z, integral with thebase-plate and which may advantageously be punched therefrom, so as toproject outwardly, as shown in the drawings. Arms m and n are rigidlyattached to the said rod, the former being arranged to be in the sameplane, and are pivotally connected adjacent their outer ends by hangers0 to the said movable plate,whereloy it is raised or lowered' when therod is given apartial rotation, as will presently be described. The arma, which is upon the extremity of the rod and outside of end 0 of thecase, is positioned so as to be impinged by the jarnb of the door-casingwhen the door is shut thereagainst and cause the said rod-to rotate andforce the resilient gasket carried by the sliding member into operativeor compressed contact with the door-sill. A spiral spring p is providedto surround the said rod and is connected, respectively, at its oppositeends to the rod and 7 to the casing thereof and arranged to normallyretain the gasket in its raised or disengaged position, which it willobviously do as soon as the door has been opened suificiently to movethe actuating-arm n out of its engagement' with the door-jamb.

The operation of the invention is evident from the foregoingspecification and needs no further description here. It may bementioned, however, that the device accomplishes the purposes for whichintended in a simple and positive manner and, having few parts, does noteasily get out of order, and is entirely automatic in its action. Itwill close the opening beneath the door to which it is applied, so 5that air and water can find no passage therethrough. It does not wipealong the floor as the door is swung and is operative as a weather striponly while the door is closed.

Having described my invention, what I 9 claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the character described, in combination, acontaining-case, a rod extending lengthwise of the casing and rotatablymounted in supports integral of the casing, arms fixedly secured to thesaid rod and connected by hangers with a movable plate, said movableplate provided along its lower edge I with an elastic gasket, a springadapted to raise the said plate, and another arm integrally secured tothe end of the said rod and exteriorly of the case.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE L. PARKER.

